11: siqgurU pwrs

True Guru is philosopher's stone

siqgur pwrsu prhrY pQru pwrsu FUMFx jwey ]

satigur paarasu paraharai padaru paarasu ddhoonddhan jaaay.

Leaving aside the philosophers stone in the form of the true Guru, people go on searching the material philosopher's stone.

Ast Dwqu iek Dwqu kir lukdw iPrY n pRgtI Awey ]

asat dhaatu ik dhaatu kari loukadaa dhirai n pragatee aaay.

The true Guru who can transform eight metals into gold in fact keeps himself hidden and does not get noticed.

lY vxvwsu audwsu hoie mwieAwDwrI Brim Bulwey ]

lai vanavaasu udaasu hoi maaiaadhaaree bharami bhulaaay.

Mammon-orientated person searches him in forests and gets disappointed in many illusions.

hQI kwlK CuiQAw AMdir kwlK loB luBwey ]

hadee kaalakh chhudiaa andari kaalakh lobh loubhaaay.

The touch of riches blackens one's outside and the mind is also smeared by it.

rwj fMfu iqsu pkiVAw jmpuir BI jmfMfu shwey ]

raaj dandu tisu pakarhiaa jam puri bhee jam dandu sahaaay.

Catching hold of wealth makes one liable to public punishment here and to punishment by the lord of death there in his abode.

mnmuK jnmu AkwrQw dUjY Bwie kudwie hrwey ]

manamoukh janamu akaaradaa doojai bhaai kudaai haraaay.

Futile is the birth of mind orientated; he getting engrossed in duality plays the wrong dice and loses the game of life.

gur pUry ivxu Brmu n jwey ]11]

gur pooray vinu bharamu n jaaay ||11||

Illusion cannot be removed without the perfect Guru.